Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.
Charles Caleb ColtonOf all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.
Charles Caleb ColtonFor one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
Charles Caleb ColtonThat author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it.
Charles Caleb Colton